Example Sentences

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What inspired that passion and drive was an incident that had taken place four years earlier, when Caligiuri’s youth team went to see the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

It is with this skewed mindset that Caitlin Clark had taken a wonderful connection and cheapened it by acting like an entitled kid in an AAU tournament.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Heading into the fifth, Rozicki was cut over both eyes and had taken some serious punishment, but the 31-year-old came back swinging each time and landed some damaging shots.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

He had taken power on the last day of 1999, when Boris Yeltsin resigned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Since Hitler had taken over running Holland two years ago, everything had been difficult for us.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler